I have great news for the first time in the history of the LGBT Caucus of the DPH there was not ONE bill submitted to attack Hawaii’s LGBTQIA community. I wish the news across the country and the globe was this great for our community.This week we saw two attacks from the federal government and one from Japan: SCOTUS allowed 45’s Transgender ban for those serving in the military. Health and Human Services allows adoption agencies in South Carolina to

LGBT Caucus 2019 Priority Bill Click here for a PDF of ALL the bills the LGBT Caucus is Supporting and/or tracking Barring “Gay Panic” & “Trans Panic” as an affirmative defense Prohibits defendants from claiming that discovery, knowledge, or disclosure of a victim’s gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation resulted in extreme mental or emotional disturbance sufficient to reduce a charge of murder to a charge of manslaughter unless the other circumstances of a defendant’s explanation are already

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